Today's Top Stories

Jessica Branning, an English literature teacher at Union Middle School, was honored Friday, March 2, during the Mississippi Association of Educators' inaugural Mississippi Excellence in Education Awards held at the Jackson Convention Center.

The Lake Lady Hornets won two of three games this past week, beating Newton 19-8 in a division contest. On Saturday, Lake lost 9-1 to West Lauderdale and finished the week off with a walk-off win against Northeast Lauderdale.

The Mississippi Department of Education released the results for the 2016-17 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment on Thursday and Union Elementary School was ranked fourth in the state among all school districts in the average scale score.

The Decatur Board of Aldermen at their Aug. 15 budget hearing reviewed the first draft of the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget and discussed including a slight raise in garbage collections rates for residents.